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  • I left the oxen and the yoke, and turned my back upon them all, for the hot blood was bilin 'widin me; and I felt that if I stayed it would be him that would get the worst of it.

    Roughing It in the Bush 1852

  • 'Gib him what he gabe pore Sam; but mine dat you keeps widin de law.'

    The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 Various

  • "O, Lord!" exclaimed Primus, lifting up his hands, with open palms, and rolling up his eyes towards the moon, "de man is crazy wid de fright, and he see Missa Holden, too, widin two tree feet."

    The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times John Turvill Adams

  • Sandy was widin 'aboot amon' the mud, an 'his lorn shune liftin' wi 'a noisy gluck, juist like a pump aff the fang.

    My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

  • "Gib him what he gabe pore Sam; but mine dat you keeps widin de law."

    Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time James R. Gilmore

  • I don't keer ter handle you, but I shill ef you don't leab widin five minutes. '

    The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

  • But I'll say this, in the presence of his reverence, and wid yerself to the fore, that there isn't in this parish, nor in the nex ', nor in the nex' again, nor widin the four walls of Ireland, a betther wife nor a betther housekeeper den you, Bess

    My New Curate P.A. Sheehan

  • I’m sure it’s not right, for as I’m a sinner, ’tis gettin’ stronger every minute widin me!

    The Lianhan Shee 1921

  • Was ever the likes seen! an’ they must know right well, sir, that you’re widin it.

    The Lianhan Shee 1921

  • And a rich Irish brogue responded: "Ut's thim black hathen that'll be goin 'over the line in a bunch av I can git widin rache av thim wid me two hands."

    The Winning of Barbara Worth Harold Bell Wright 1908

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